Finding Fellini

These past few days I've been wondering if I should succumb to a more conventional occupation to support my family. I've asked myse...

I was going to start this by claiming the master is at rest. Though the only master associated with this blog is resting in eternal peace. ...

Something has come over me. I've had this realization that it may not be worth killing myself to make movies. If I'm overwhelmed a...

Standing still, waiting to hear from The Gersh Agency about Original Glory's packaging potential. I did dream the night before last tha...

I don't want to edit myself, but I do want to be accountable. My comments regarding the two fellows I'm mentoring have been botheri...

Ciao amici, Americans are great dreamers. the optimists of the world. We want something - we dream it, will it, build it, buy it and, or ...

Please answer the following questions with a simple yes or no. 1. Would you know a great script if you read it? 2. Have you ever raised mo...

In an hour or so I will lift off the tarmac at Burbank and be but two hours from touching down into the loving arms of my family. Los Angel...

After a long day of trying to see past personalities yesterday, I tried to go to a movie. There was a time when I would go see everything. ...

Buona sera, amici… Today, oh boy. We had our first sit down with a potential sponsor regarding Original Glory. The plan was to ask this pe...

Andrei Tarkovsky (Andrei Rublev, Solaris) referred to filmmaking as sculpting in time. To be perfectly frank, I feel as if time is sculpting...

This afternoon we're hosting an Open Studio at the neal a. corl acting studio. There has been an enthusiastic RSVP. It should prove to...

Ciao amici I've been far and wide this week, putting this film together. It's been exciting and much work. Often the politics and ...

The morning after. I'm aflutter. I'm giddy. I'm bouncing on the beds waking my kids up, instead of the usual visa versa. Dire...

Ciao amici, What a strange turn of events I've experienced in the past twenty-four hours. In an effort to meet some actors and lend a h...

Carl Jung claimed in his autobiography that it was not the places he travelled, nor the many exalted people he met, nor even his own awards ...

Last Sunday I wrote a post entitled Bigger Pictures that disappeared into the ether. The title has attained ever more meaning over the cour...

May the outward and the inward person be at one. -Socrates We start my Beginning Professionals class with a lengthy warm-up session each Sat...

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. ff

Stanley Kubrick said, Making movies is a pursuit for those who like spending loads of money. Or something along those lines. He was also k...